Today's Event!
"Living with Dark Moods": Mariana Alessandri with Kieran Setiya
Time = 11am PDT/2pm EDT/7pm UK
“Living with Dark Moods”: Under the light of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief, anguish, and depression can seem irrational. When viewed through the lens of modern psychology, they can even look like mental disorders. The self-help industry, determined to sell us the promise of a brighter future, can sometimes leave us feeling ashamed that we are not more grateful, happy, or optimistic.
In conversation with Kieran Setiya, Mariana Alessandri will draw on thinkers like Audre Lorde, María Lugones, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Søren Kierkegaard to contemplate a different approach to life, one in which we stop feeling bad about feeling bad. Full details and registration here.
Mariana’s new book, Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods, is published tomorrow (click on the book cover below for more information). Mariana has generously agreed to run a “Night Vision Book Club” starting next month. There are very few places left, so please sign up asap!
Hi!
Would it be possible to get the transcript of this conversation? My email i:
alexandra@elach.uminho.pt
Also, I would like to participate in the review forum of the book and I wrote an email to Eliza Brown (eliza.brown@ell.ox.ac.uk) as was suggested. But I keep getting a notice that the email is undeliverable. Would it be possible to have some other way of getting in touch with the organizers of the review forum?
i missed the window i guess but it sounds good. i hope my library orders the book.